Barbara Ehrenreich is featured in this musical excerpt from The American Ruling Class, a "dramatic-documentary-musical" starring Harper's Magazine editor emeritus Lewis Lapham.
"livable wage"?? Seriously?? It's called "Survivable" at best! And Ooooh, $25 a week in the green! If she doesn't buy clothes, see a movie, buy Christmas presents, have to get her car repaired, assuming she has one, OR get seriously injured or sick, then in about 400 years she can maybe buy a shanty in a Guatemalan slum and relax for a change!~
The real philanthropists in our society are the people who work for less than they can actually live on. Because they are giving of their time, their energy, and their talents, so people like you can be dressed well, fed cheaply and so on. They're giving to you! - Barbara Ehrenreich
It use to be that when you finally landed your dream job you counted on retiring with that company, corporate America sold us out, and it is both parties.
Fantastic. "The real philanthropists are the ones that work for less than they can live on." At 8:12 is happening now. It's called: Occupy !! And we all will be better off for it in the end.
I shared this around quite a bit on various social media joints. I remember this, but never saw it. Thanx for the upload !! Spring is HERE ~~~ OCCUPY !!!
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"livable wage"?? Seriously?? It's called "Survivable" at best! And Ooooh, $25 a week in the green! If she doesn't buy clothes, see a movie, buy Christmas presents, have to get her car repaired, assuming she has one, OR get seriously injured or sick, then in about 400 years she can maybe buy a shanty in a Guatemalan slum and relax for a change!~